Surgeons | Paediatric cardiologists | ACHD cardiologists | Total | |
Total employed | ||||
January 2010 | 30 | 93 | 25 | 148 |
January 2020 (WTE) | 39 (38) | 137 (128.5) | 42 (35.5) | 218 (202) |
Median (range) per unit 2020 | 3 (3–5) | 10 (6–28) | 5 (3–7) | – |
Joiners | ||||
Join in past 10 years (%) | 31 (79) | 101 (74) | 29 (69) | 161 (74) |
UK trained (%) | 14 (45) | 68 (67) | 21 (72) | 103/161 (64) |
New posts (%) | 10 (32) | 54 (53) | 20 (69) | 84/161 (52) |
Leavers/ Turnover rate (ToR%)* | ||||
Left in past 10 years (ToR%) | 22 (64) | 57 (50) | 12 (36) | 91 (50) |
Retired (% of leavers, ToR%) | 7 (32, 20) | 15 (26, 13) | 1 (8, 3) | 23 (25, 13) |
UK move (% of leavers, ToR%) | 3 (14, 9) | 12 (21, 10) | 3 (25, 9) | 18 (20, 10) |
Move abroad (% of leavers, ToR%) | 12 (55, 35) | 23 (40, 20) | 8 (67, 24) | 43 (47, 23) |
Unknown (% of leavers, ToR%) | 0 | 7 (12, 6) | 0 | 7 (8, 4) |
*ToR- Staff turnover rate calculated as: staff turnover rate=number of leavers / (staff in 2010+staff in 2020)/2.
ACHD, adult congenital heart disease; WTE, whole time equivalent.